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We had another fast sail yesterday, the Gods of the winds are being unusually good to us because we should have had Northerlies yesterday...

We eventually left yesterday around 0930 with a lively N’ly wind and had a fast, lively sail of around 35 miles to Cape Breton. Graham...

It was blowing hard yesterday morning and we didn’t want to go somewhere uncomfortable so thought we’d try to have fun in Cayo Cuervo....

We had a leisurely start yesterday. Christine had worried in the night that we were dragging because of noises from the anchor chain as...

We’re now sitting at anchor off  the first Island to port having come into the Cayos yesterday in time for a late lunch. It is beautiful...

Morning. We set off yesterday reasonably promptly as we had nearly 50 miles to cover to come here. It all got a little exciting just...

Well we’re now 15 miles short of Canal Caballones which will take us to the Jardines De La Reina, I like to think of them as Yemaya’s...

Well, we had a lovely if, at times, hot day yesterday sailing to Chivirico which has a challenging entrance with leading marks to take...

Hello again, all well, we have a full boat of people  and on our way to our first non Santiago destination. My first day was spent...

Good Evening all, It’s now quieter I’ve just had a shower and cooled off, the boat has been cleaned and is relatively clean.  The...

Just a quick one, we arrived no problems this morning just after 0830, All secure at the marina, very friendly and helpful. Doing boring...

Well in theory this could be my last full day, we’ve 100 miles to run and it’s 0826 on GMT-5 which I’m assured is Cuba time. My ipad...

A rolly night last night, I’d decided to go for just a poled out genoa for the overnight option and set this up just before sundowners,...

Good morning or maybe afternoon with you lot. We’re still making good progress, I’ve just let out a reef from the mainsail, have had a...

Morning all, it’s a lovely morning, the sun’s out for the first time in a while and the batteries are getting some charge from the panels...

Day 1 part 2 towards Cuba

Well yesterday was a bit frustrating too. David the Fridge Man turned up at 0830 confidently telling me he’d be finished by 1000. We...

A few snaps of life onboard during the Atlantic crossing.........

Well it’s the middle of the afternoon and I’m still waiting for the fridge chap. He says he’ll be here soon, I’m optimisticer than I had...

Maybe blogs can be a bit like buses. I’d forgotten to mention something which may amuse, disgust, surprise or not various of you. Last...